Method of representing desings



Oct. 4, 1932. c. G. ZIRNKILTON 1,880,652

METHOD OF REPRESENTING DESIGNS Filed June 18, 1931 Patented Oct. 4, 1932 PATENT ores CARD G.ZIRNKILTON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA METHOD or, anransnnrme DESIGNS 'Application filed June 18,

This invention relates to a new and desirable method for presenting and displaying original or other designs for articles of jewelry on approval to prospective purchasers and more particularly for use by wholesale merchants and designers in showing said designs to purchasers of the retail house class.

A particular feature of the invention is to provide means afiording an adequate representation of an article of jewelry which more effectively and realistically portrays the design thereof to purchasers.

Further features and details in the formation-of the medium of presentation are disclosed hereinafter and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in'elevation showing the outline of an article of jewelry sketched on a suitable background such as celluloid;

Fig. 2 is a view in perspective, showing the outline of the article subsequent to the embossing thereof from the reverse side of the backing;

Fig. 8 is a view in section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. i is a view in elevation showing the sheet of material with the modeled article disclosed in Fig. 3 out therefrom;

Fig. 5 is a view in elevation of the embossed ring after it has been cut out from the sheet of material; and

Fig. 6 is a view in elevation showing the completed article for presenting articles of jewelry for approval.

In proceeding in accordance with my invention, I may first, as shown in Fig. 1, sketch the design of the article to be represented in pencil on a suitable piece of celluloid having a thickness say of approximately one onehundredth of an inch. The piece of celluloid with the article depicted on one face thereof 7 is then laid face downward upon a resilient base. The base may be'suitably composed of a piece of relatively thick, soft rubber and preferably, in placing the celluloid sheet upon said resilient base, the face of the said sheet having the sketch of the article thereon 1 'senting articles of ewelry consistingiof emis placed in contact with the surface of the base, the reverse side thereof thus being free 50 for embossing purposes.

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The celluloid is now modeled or embossed from the exposed reverse side by rounded steel or other suitable burnishing tools variously slaed to permit bringing out even the most minute features in the design of the article to be represented as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing. By embossing the design of the article on the celluloid sheet in this manner, the depiction thereof-is offset from the plane of the remainder of the sheet and ap to pears in relief. This modeled or relief representatlon of jewelry is then cut from the celluloidsheet by'scissors or other suitable cutting means as disclosed in F ig. 5'and is subsequently subjected to a thorough sand v blasting or equivalent operation over its entlre surface. 7

When the above blasting operation is completed, the embossed celluloid representa-. tionjissecuredon a neat card board mat or other backing element and convexly with respect thereto as'shown in Fig. 6, in any suitable manner such as by glue, and is then artistlcally painted or tinted with pigments or dyes to show all the details of the design. The mat may be further'i'inished with a card board frame or'border.

It will be noted that the'representation of articles of jewelry for approval by the method herein outlined, I provide such a method that eifectively and in a more realistic manner depicts articles of this character. The presentation resulting from the herein described method is better adapted to represent articles of jewelry than methods used' heretofore which, for the most part, have consisted in mere representative depictions thereof in a horizontal plane and which do not produce the desirable perspective effect which is aiforded by my invention. I

While I have-set forth the embodiment of my invention for the purpose of description,

it will be apparent that certain modifications and changes may be made therein except as 1. The herein described method of repre bossing a desired design in. a piece of workable material, cutting said embossed-deslgn from the material, subjecting said design to a thorough sand blasting, mounting the embossed design upon a backing convexly with respect thereto, and subsequently coloring the depiction to represent the embossed article as desired.

2. The herein described method of representing articles of jewelry consisting of sketching the design thereof on sheets of relatively thin celluloid, embossing the said design from the reverse side of the celluloid sheet on a soft'resilient support by means of variously sized embossing tools, cuttingthe embossed depiction from the celluloid sheet and subjecting said depiction to' a thorough sand blasting over the entire surface thereof, mounting the celluloid representation on a suitable backing element connssqesz embossed depiction from the celluloid sheet, subjecting said depiction to a thorough sand blasting overthe entire surface thereof, and subsequently coloring the depiction to represent the article as desired.

8. The hereindescribed method of representing. articles of jewelry consistingof embossing a desireddesignin a piece of workablematerial, cutting said embossed design from the material, subjecting said design to a thorough sand blasting, and subsequently coloring the depiction to represent the embossed--articlegas-desired.

' CARL G. ZIRNKILTON.

verily with respect thereto, and subsequently I coloring the depiction to represent the article as desired. 7

3. The hereindescribed method of representlng a product conslsting of embossing a desireddesignon a pieceofworkablematerial,

subjecting said design to a thorough sand blasting and mounting the embossed design on a backing convexly with respect thereto.

4:. The hereindescribed'method of representing a product consisting of'e'mboss ing a desired design on a piece of workable material, cutting sa d embossed design from the material, sub ecting said deslgn to athorough sand blasting, and mounting the embossedd'esi'gn on a backing convexly with V respect thereto. 1

5'. The hereind'escribed method of representing a product consisting of sketching the design-thereof onlsheets of relatively thin celluloid, embossing the said. design on a soft, 40

resilient spot by means of various sized embossing tools, cutting the embossed depiction from the celluloid sheet and subjecting said depiction to a thorough sand blasting over the entire surface thereof, and mounting the celluloid representation on a suitable thereto.

6. The hereindescribed method of representing articles of jewelry consisting of sketching the design thereof on sheets of relatively thin. celluloid, embossing the said design from the reverse side of the celluloid sheet-on a soft resilient support by means of variously sized embossing tools, cutting said backing element convexly with respect sketching the design thereof on sheets of relative-ly thin celluloid, embossing the said design from the reverse side of the celluloid sheet on a soft resilient support by means of variously sized embossing tools, cutting the 

